October 8, Day 4 Climb every mountain

 Word for the day:  Perseverance. Today we climbed 2200 meters, 25 kilometers.  You do the math for our exceptional country that refuses to change to metric and Celsius. Some views along the way.

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Like Jesus, I fell 3 times.  Where is Simon of Cyrene when you need him.

One misty moisturizer morning when cloudy was the weather!

The fog set in, so we couldn’t really see how high we had traveled!   There’s me with my JVC director, Dave! I put on my poncho so I would t get wet!

Charlie and Betsy from Boston. Charlie said he wanted to be in the blog!  So here u go!  Betsy stepping it up!

We stayed st a lovely hotel/restaurant where Ignatius stayed 500 years ago in the Basque Country.  Village of Arantzazu. .  We had a fabulous dinner at the end of the day!  3 course meal with way too much food!   


We had mass in the chapel run by the Franciscans.

The alter is very simple with beautiful stone. The tiny bright spot, is the Madonna in blue!  This statue is over 500 years old!   It includes a cow bell and a tree 🌲 
The church itself is quite unique! The tower represents the thorn trees Ignatius encountered on his walk.  There are 14 disciples, representing the 14 oarsmen who usually man the sailing ships.  The inside of the church looks like a boat, but was too dark for pictures.  
Enough for tonight, except for sleeping beauty from last night!!’ I needed sleep and have a cold, so 2 masks!
Jeez Louise!




Comments

  1. AnonymousOctober 8, 2022 at 5:26 PM

    Dave here…. A Misty moisty mountain or two….. cool pics and I can see the countryside well

    Glad you have a poncho

    Chilly?

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  2. AnonymousOctober 8, 2022 at 6:27 PM

    Great to chat with you today. Lovely countryside - remember walking meditation all day long. 💕Susan

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  3. AnonymousOctober 8, 2022 at 8:18 PM

    Looks beautiful mama! Mountains are tough but are the most memorable! -Eileen

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  4. AllenOctober 10, 2022 at 8:17 AM

    Beautiful countryside! Allen

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  5. AnonymousOctober 11, 2022 at 7:47 PM

    Awesome!! Very pretty! Wish I could have helped you eat some of that food!

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